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People pilfering crucial bits of rail infrastructure are causing major headaches for KiwiRail with disruptions to Wellington freight and commuter services. Signals, cables and overhead lines have all been stolen. During April, services on the Hutt Valley line had to be cancelled several times and dozens of services delays because of stolen equipment. KiwiRail Chief Metros Officer David Gordon spoke to Lisa Owen.

US correspondence Todd Zwillich spoke to Lisa Owen about the latest on the fragile discussions happening in regards to the US-Iran peace deal.

An Education Review Office Report into Te Kura has found the correspondence school is failing thousands of at risk kids who are kicked out for drop out of mainstream school. Chief executive of Te Kura, Te Rina Leonard spoke to Lisa Owen.

United Kingdom correspondent Lucy Thomson spoke to Lisa Owen about reports suggesting Prime Minister Keir Starmer is considering his future in office as pressure on him to step down continues to grow.

A disputed kiss led to a late-night confrontation after a cocktail party at Waiouru Military Camp, where a solider is accused of headbutting and threatening to kill someone of senior rank. The solider is facing a court martial over the fracas in December 2024. The hearing began at Linton Military Camp near Palmerston North today, reporter Jimmy Ellingham was there and spoke to Lisa Owen.

News from the business sector, including a market report.

The All Whites have ended their unbeaten streak at the Football World Cup with a loss to Egypt. After 45 minutes, All Whites' supporters were daring to believe the team's first World Cup win was coming. But when the final whistle blew the All Whites were on the wrong end of a 3-1 scoreline. Sports reporter Felicity Reid spoke to Lisa Owen.

Business leaders say workers could end up wearing the coast of National's planned KiwiSaver changes. If it's returned to power, the party would make the savings scheme compulsory, automatically enrol babies, pay a contribution to people on parental leave, and extend employer contributions to include workers over 65 years old. Political reporter Lauren Crimp has more.

An online abuse expert says it is like a whack a mole trying to take down tools for making deepfake nudes and porn. It also says a draft law to make sexually explicit deep fakes an offence doesn't go far enough. It comes as multiple teachers are the victims of deep fake pornographic images allegedly produced by students. Canterbury University senior law lecturer and online abuse expert Dr Cassandra Mudgway spoke to Lisa Owen.

A resident in the steeply walled valley street of Wellington's Holloway Road says they can only escape the noise of Wellington Water's ongoing night-time works by wearing earmuffs over their headphones as they watch TV. Some locals are furious about the month's of work going ahead to refresh the nearly 100 year old wastewater pipes in the area. Meanwhile, another resident says the water supplier has agreed to put him up elsewhere, after a rough first night when the project began. Bill Hickman has more.